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This site is devoted to the Timperley family of Hintlesham in Suffolk, England and other related families.
Hintlesham Hall, the home of the family, was built in the 1570s by Thomas Timperley (c.1524-1594), extended in the Georgian period and now houses a top class hotel and restaurant.

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Thomas Timperley (c.1524-1594)

Thomas was born about 1524, the eldest child of William Timperley and Margaret Howard, an illegitimate daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (d.1554). She later became the third wife of Sir Henry D'Oyly of Pond Hall, Hadleigh, Suffolk.

His father died in 1528 and Thomas became a ward of his grandfather the 3rd Duke of Norfolk (Letters and Papers Henry VIII, iv.6248 (21)) He appeared at the Exchequer in 1551 to present proof that his ancestors had held a court leet at Hintlesham since the time of Edward I. Coming to Framlingham in July 1553, he took the oath of allegiance to Queen Mary there on 14th July and became one of the two Members of Parliament for Bramber, Sussex in her first parliament. This was achieved through the influence of the Duke of Norfolk. He was later granted an annuity of £20 from the Crown.

By 1557, he had married Audrey, daughter of Sir Nicholas Hare of Bruisyard, Suffolk (d.1557) who was Master of the Rolls (1553-1557).
Thomas sat again in Parliament as M.P. for Great Yarmouth, 1563-1567, and was a Commissioner for the subsidy voted to Queen Elizabeth during this Parliament. In 1569 he was Controller of the Household of Thomas, 4th Duke of Norfolk and later receiver in Suffolk, for the Duke, by 1572 and for Philip, 13th Earl of Arundel by 1589.

Having rebuilt Hintlesham Hall, which was probably completed about 1579, he also bought, after his son's marriage, estates of freehold and copyhold land in Flowton, Burstall and elsewhere.

Thomas died at Hintlesham on 13th January 1594 and there is an elaborate monument to him, his wife and 9 children, as well as to his son Nicholas and his family in Hintlesham Church.

He was succeeded by his son, Nicholas Timperley (c.1564-1624).

Nicholas Timperley (c.1564-1624)

Nicholas was married to Anne Markham, who had a number of interesting family connections.
He was succeeded by his son,
Thomas Timperley (c.1584-1651).

Anne Markham

Only child of William Markham (by 1533-1571) of Little Oakley, Northamptonshire and Elizabeth Montagu (d.1569). Anne's grandfather was Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton, Northamptonshire. One of her cousins was Sir John Harington (1561-1612), writer and inventor of the water-closet. There is a family history of the Harington family : The Harington family / Ian Grimble. London : Jonathan Cape, 1957.

William Markham (by 1533-1571)

William was a son of Sir John Markham (before 1486-1559) and his third wife, Anne Strelley.

Sir Thomas Timperley (c.1584-1651)

Married firstly, Elizabeth daughter of John Shelly of Mitchelgrove Sussex and secondly, Elizabeth Brocke, mother of Thomas.

Ownership of Hintlesham Hall eventually passed to his third son
Thomas Timperley (c.1617-1686)

Thomas' son, Henry Timperley, went into exile with King James II, dying in France in c1689. He was succeeded by his only surviving child -

Henry Timperley (c1689-17--) thought to have been born posthumously, probably in France. Henry was initially placed under the guardianship of his Mother, Susanna, but by 1705 his guardian was the lawyer Henry Eyre. In 1710 he was recognised as Lord of the Manor of Hintlesham and in the following year married Etheldreda or Audrey Mannock, a daughter of Sir William Mannock of Gifford's Hall, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk. She died, without children, before 1 October 1714 and Henry sold his estate at Hintlesham in 1720 to Richard Powys, a Principal Clerk of the Treasury. Henry, the last Timperley Lord of the Manor of Hintlesham, is thought to have died abroad.
See also The last Timperley Lord of the Manor.

John Timperley, (c. 1670-1721)

The younger Henry's uncle, John, born about 1670, buried 31 March 1721, Hintlesham, married 1701, East Bergholt, to Elizabeth Brunning of Hintlesham, buried 5 June 1740, Hintlesham

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Living descendants

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Compiled by Graham S. Holton
Site last updated : 10th October 2006

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